well, underwater it's a different gravity.. and you usually shoot with a flash.. right.. so there's no need for a stabilization.. but.. it's designed to serve as a usuall not underwater camera too.. where image stabilization is a huge privilege. so.. it's now a considerable flaw, while comparing to the rivals.. above water..
anyway.. i had my own ideas to buy one.. however.. i believe, i'll wait for some more refined model..

it look rather nice actually.. the design is attractive.. however such things as
potential scraches and no optical stabilization.. is, to my mind sirrious drawbacks...

thanks again Gordon, for not forgetting pentax world.
by the way what are your personal predicitons about pentax as a brand? do you think they will become equally important as canon and nicon? what the trends of their last models are telling you?